B is for Baby

Hey!
So I've been in Morocco 6 days now and it's going pretty great. First of all, I absolutely love my volunteer placement. The babies are so adorable. Every day I go I'm surprised by how tiny some of them are! And it's so sweet to see their faces light up when you walk up and smile at them in the morning. One of the boys who is in the 6-9 month room always starts to cry when he sees me so that I'll pick him up. He is so snuggly and often falls asleep in my arms. It's so cute to tickle them and hear their little baby laughs. Okay, can you tell I'm a little obsessed?!
Today the nurses pulled me out of the room and handed me a kid that looked about 2 and 1/2 years old. They tried explaining something to me but I had no idea what they were so saying so I just followed the nurses downstairs. We also picked up another volunteer, Kate, and two more kids on the way. Then we got in the orphanage's ambulance and went to the hospital. Well actually I think it was the doctor's office across from the hospital. I know they take some of the kids there sometimes for check ups and things since the orphanage doesn't have all of the equipment. Anyway, I learn that the kids are there to have blood taken. And you probably know how well I deal with blood. The little kid is sitting on my lap screaming his head off because they're like sucking all his blood out and then I get really light headed and have to have Kate come in and sit with him. Luckily I found a couch and was able to lay down so I didn't faint. When the kid was done he ran up to me with his arms out. I hope he didn't think I abandoned him for no reason. He probably doesn't need anymore abandonment issues. Anyway, they gave us coffee and cookies while we waited for the driver and he was like the happiest kid in the whole world. And then we headed back to the orphanage where my little dude in the 6-9 month old room fell asleep in my arms. Love him.
Today after lunch Khadija gave us a cooking lesson. We made some sort of chicken with saffron, cumen, parsley, lemon, onions, garlic, all cooked in loads of oil. It smelled delicious. I think we're having that for dinner. For tea time today we had these little biscuit things that resembled English muffins and they had honey all over them and then you put jam on them. yummm.
And tomorrow 9 of us (Me, Lacey, Chelsea, Liz, Michelle, Nicole, Kay, Caroline and Chris) are heading to Fes by train. It's about 3 hours away. We're staying in a Riyad which is pretty much just a guest house hostel type thing. It's really cheap but other volunteers have said it's pretty decent. And Saturday we're getting a tour of the medina. It's one of the biggest and oldest in the world and apparently it's really easy to get lost if you don't have a guide. So I plan on doing some serious bargaining for some sweet souvenirs. I'm excited. Then Sunday we're taking the train to Meknes and checking out some Roman ruins that are about 20 minutes from there. Then we're heading back to Rabat in the afternoon. Should be a really fun week end and I'm sure we'll be pretty tired for the orphanage on Monday. But it's okay, I'm pretty exhausted everyday anyway.
I think that's all of the updates for now. I need a shower so bad. And possibly an afternoon snooze :). Later.